| Guandong Army Order of Battle General Yamad Otozo, Commander-in-Chief | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Command | Subordinate Commands | Component Units | Remarks |
| 1st Air Army | 15th Air Group 101st Air Group | Comprised of 175 obsolete and 55 modern fighters and bombers | HQ at Changchun. |
| 1st Area Army | 3rd Army | 4 ID (79,112,127,128); 1 Mech brigade (132) | HQ at Yenchi |
| 5th Army | 3 ID (124, 126, 135) | HQ at Yehho | |
| Army Level | 2 ID (122,134) 1 border garrison regiment | HQ at Mutanchiang | |
| 3rd Area Army | Army Level 2 ID (108, 136); 3 IMB (79, 130, 134) 1 tank brigade) | HQ at Mukden | |
| 30th Army | 4 ID (39, 125, 138, 148) | HQ formed 30 July at Hailung | |
| 44th Army | 3 ID (63,107, 117) 1 tank brigade | HQ at Liaoyuan, recently transfered from China Expeditionary Army | |
| 4th Army | 3 ID (119, 123, 149); 4 IMB (80, 131, 135, 136) | HQ at Tsitishar | |
| 17th Area Army | Army Level | 4 ID (120,150,160,320) 1 IMB (127) | based in North Korea, assigned to Guandong Army on 10 August |
| 58th Army | 3 ID (96,111,121) 1 IMB (108) | northern Korea | |
| 34th Army | 2 ID (59, 137) 1 IMB (133) | HQ at Hamhung, Korea | |
| Japanese Allies | Manzhougan Army | 2 ID, 2 Cavalry Div; 12 IIB; 4 Inner Mongolia cavalry units | - |
| SOVIET ORDER OF BATTLE Marshal A. Vasilevsky, Commander-in-Chief | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Command | Subordinate Commands | Component Units | Remarks |
| 1st Far East Front | 9th Air Army | 1st Red Banner Army 5th, 25th, & 35th Armies 10th Mechanized Corps | - |
| 2nd Far East Front | 10th Air Army | 2nd Red Banner Army, 15th & 16th Armies; 5th Independent infantry corps | 16th Army did not enter Manchuria remaining in Sakhalin |
| Trans-Baikal Front | 12th Air Army | 17th, 36th, 39th, 53rd Armies; 6th Guards Tank Army | also 1 cavalry group coprised of six horse cavalry divisions "Soviet-Mongolian" |
| Note an Army (Combined Arms) usually consisted of 2-3 rifle divisions and 1-2 tank brigades. KEY: ID = infantry division; IMB = independent mechanized brigade | |||
The Last Campaign: Manchuria 1945
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